Month: May 2020

Covid-19

COVID-19 facts to counter the U.S. anti-China campaign

May 20, 2020 Scott Scheffer
The U.S. campaign of slander against China regarding its response to the coronavirus can’t be seen only as electoral damage control for Donald Trump, nor should it be interpreted only as friction between two economic […]
Covid-19

Xi Jinping: Fighting COVID-19 through solidarity and cooperation

May 20, 2020 Xi Jinping
Statement by H.E. Xi Jinping President of the People’s Republic of China At Virtual Event of Opening of the 73rd World Health Assembly Beijing, May 18, 2020 Fighting COVID-19 Through Solidarity and Cooperation Building a […]
Covid-19

New York cops practice viral profiling

May 20, 2020 Lallan Schoenstein
It is widely reported that New York City police are exploiting social distancing rules, meant to protect people from the coronavirus, to practice brutal “racial profiling.” The Brooklyn Paper reported on May 12 that “New […]
Socialism and dignity

Socialism and dignity: The right to a funeral

May 20, 2020 Stephen Millies
No millionaire has ever been executed in the United States. Hardly any rich people have been buried in New York City’s Potter’s Field. Over a million poor people are interred there on Hart Island off […]
Events

Al-Quds Day 2020

May 19, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Over 100 international organizations united for Palestine
Capitalist crisis

Bosses bet on profits over workers’ lives

May 19, 2020 Greg Butterfield
Fruit processing workers are on strike at 13 plants in Washington state’s Yakima Valley. “Hoppers” — sanitation workers who do the dirtiest, most dangerous jobs — are on strike in New Orleans. Retail workers and […]
Fight racism

Malcolm X: A human rights activist moving towards socialism

May 19, 2020 Gloria Verdieu
If not for the COVID-19 pandemic, as we mark Malcolm X’s 95th birthday on May 19, 2020, hundreds and thousands of people would be marching and rallying in the streets, shouting “Justice for Ahmaud Arbery […]
History

Ho Chi Minh: The path which led me to Leninism

May 19, 2020 Ho Chi Minh
May 19, 2020, marks the 130th birthday of Ho Chi Minh, leader of the Vietnamese Revolution. This article recounting how he was won to socialism originally appeared in the Soviet journal “Problems of the East” […]
Events

Harlem, NYC: Malcolm X @ 95 Black Power Motorcade

May 18, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Events

New Orleans May 20: Solidarity with baristas picket line

May 18, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT New Orleans Come support Still Perkin baristas on Strike as we fight for paid sick leave, PPE, $15 an hour hazard pay, and a […]